How would you change the government structure to make it better?

[Raelum]

I am always interested in talking politics and what if scenarios... most of my friends are not into this at all so now you have to put up with it

I am basically going to post some of my ideas that i have, and how i think it will help the people and the government. You can then debate them, play devil's advocate or post your own ideas or changes.

Lets keep this reasonable, and make sure you post WHY or HOW it will help.

My ideas...

1. Dissolve the party system. This will remove the focus from the parties which have a single platform and no one member of that party supports 100%. For example, you have Lincoln Chafee, the former Rhode Island Senator who was a Republican but voted with the Democrats on almost every issue. So, people who voted straight ballet voted him in thinking he supported the Republican platform when in reality he supported the Democrats.

2. Term Limit for Congress. Like the President of the United States, Senators and Representatives should only be allowed to serve so many terms. (two terms like the president?) This would allow the elected to focus more on their beliefs and not so much on winning the next election. There is also a problem with career politicians, IMO.

3. Campaign Salary Cap. To create more equality between candidates there should be a maximum amount for campaign contributions. This includes donations, etc. This will prevent the already wealthy from having a more likely chance of winning an election.

4. Equal Air-Time. The government should reserve airtime from public television company's for the purpose of presidential and local elections. All candidates will receive equal air-time, which will allow candidates without big corporate connections and stock piles of cash a better chance to win.

5. Legalize Recreational Marijuana. This will drop the crime rate significantly as there are tons of arrest related to Marijuana. In turn, Marijuana can be government regulated for quality and taxed. The billions of dollars spent on drug enforcement can be diverted to educating the citizens about the risk of drugs and boosting the education programs.

6. Privately Run Schools. The government is apparently not capable of running or managing schools (this is on a state level). We should contract out
school management to third party companys. This will create competition between companys and competition always leads to better and cheaper products (in this case, the product being education). Essentially publics schools would become more and more like colleges, with the exception that the government still owns the publics school, but a 3rd party runs the schools.

Thats it for now, i might add more of my crazy ideas later. I thought most of these up on my own, but i doubt if no one else has come up with similar ideas.

Thanks!
Raelum

Raelum Reviewed by Raelum on 07-14-2007. How would you change the government structure to make it better? I am always interested in talking politics and what if scenarios... most of my friends are not into this at all so now you have to put up with it :) I am basically going to post some of my ideas that i have, and how i think it will help the people and the government. You can then debate them, play devil's advocate or post your own ideas or changes. Lets keep this reasonable, and make sure you post WHY or HOW it will help. My ideas... 1. Dissolve the party system. This will remove Rating: 5

[Krogith]

This is a question to you. Do you think Mankind on there own will ever run Everything Good? I have read history and see today and a stright NO, I see mankind as to Not Have The Ablity to Rule themselfs. Seems to me Greed & Pride take people over when they let it. Mankind I see can never rule themself.

What do you feel on the issue? People can do it you say? If everyone acted like me? If everyone had These Rules? Humans have Free Will some just want to be Bad. How are we going to prevent that? Someone will always feel that the Grass is Greener and let there own (wisdom) tell them there Right! IDK you tell me please. What do you think?

[Raelum]

This is a question to you. Do you think Mankind on there own will ever run Everything Good? I have read history and see today and a stright NO, I see mankind as to Not Have The Ablity to Rule themselfs. Seems to me Greed & Pride take people over when they let it. Mankind I see can never rule themself.

What do you feel on the issue? People can do it you say? If everyone acted like me? If everyone had These Rules? Humans have Free Will some just want to be Bad. How are we going to prevent that? Someone will always feel that the Grass is Greener and let there own (wisdom) tell them there Right! IDK you tell me please. What do you think?

I'm not trying to create a Utopian society. I agree with you that there will always be profit-seeking, greedy, and selfish people in this world. My goal with most of these changes is to make it easier for the people that aren't wealthy, that don't own company's, etc. What most people fail to realize is that this government was DESIGNED by the rich wealthy aristocrats to be run by them. They did not believe the average person was capable and feared an idiot would get elected. In a sense our government IS NOT a democracy. It just looks like one. It's actually a Plutocracy.

[iRayone]

As a student of history I don't think man is capable of a perfect utopia. We are human. It is our natural right to survive however that maybe. The human nature of it all throughout history is greedy, corrupt governments. However it's not the government it's the people who run it. The system should work in a perfect world. But as you already know If a third party such as the green party were to come on strong sure enough the CIA would take care of things for the statis quo. Throuh out history the christian etihic had to enslave indians, and blacks and other ethnic races to show their superiority. Still today we are taking over countries and stealing there reasourses economicly.
A good read " Cofessions of an Economic Hit Man." Why do you think we are in a war????OIL money, power= control. Are we truly free in the USA or is that all we know? The more money you have the more freedom you have????
The fact is look at all the cultures before the whiteman came to rape and pillage. They were content in there own world. IE Indians, Hawaiians, Africans, etc. with there own cultures, ideas, races, creed, colors and religions. We distroyed there cultures and tried to ingrain ours. We white washed other cultures for power and control. We continue to do so today. Just because we have control and power......Are we the chosen ones?

[Krogith]

Watching Online what the world thinks and trys while it is trying to float on an ice cube, that in fact they have even started to melt KNOWINGLY. Can people not see what looks into there own eyes day after day? Do they not see the march there on? Can history not help masses learn? Why does man Think he is Wise? This test is comming to a close who will awake? and see that trust in man fails.

[Raelum]

Watching Online what the world thinks and trys while it is trying to float on an ice cube, that in fact they have even started to melt KNOWINGLY. Can people not see what looks into there own eyes day after day? Do they not see the march there on? Can history not help masses learn? Why does man Think he is Wise? This test is comming to a close who will awake? and see that trust in man fails.

that was kinda poetic, lol

[Blindman0v0]

A 2 party system definitely doesn't work so do away with the electoral and let the voters elect there president.
Term Limits might help but if your a crook how long does it take to get on the lobbying gravy train? 4 years 8 years?
Legalizing pot would definitely have a positive effect on the legal system
People hate the term socialism but there are good things about socialism if the system isn't rotten to the core.
Free air time? Never happen.Too much money made by the media for them to give up free air time.
Campaign contribution limits? Been tried numerous times,thers always a loop hole for the filthy rich to get richer.

[onequestion]

Get rid of the federal reserve.

[Blindman0v0]

The federal reserve system is a joke.But what would you replace it with?

[pisshead]

what did we do before the federal reserve? the country functioned fine without some private entity charging us interest to print fake money out of thin air, all it's done is inflate and will eventually crash the economy. it's run by a criminal elite destroying the republic. we had a lot less government intrusion into our lives and more freedom...

our currency started to wildly inflate once silver started being removed from our coins in 1964.

from the constitution:
Section 10 - States prohibited from the exercise of certain powers.
1. No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility. ]

how about this for a change?

The Constitution of the United States of America

[The full Constitution, in both hypertext and word-processor formats, can be purchased and downloaded for individual local use from the LII. For details click here.] Preamble ["We the people...."]

Article I [The Legislative Branch]

Article II [The Presidency]

Article III [The Judiciary]

Article IV [The States]

Article V [The Amendment Process]

Article VI [Legal Status of the Constitution]

Article VII [Ratification]

Signers

Amendments